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1. like a handprint on my heart by Notevenaproperword

   Fandoms: Death Becomes Her - Mattison & Carey/Pennette  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/F, F/M
   • Complete Work

   21 Jun 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Helen Sharp/Ernest Menville
   • Madeline Ashton/Helen Sharp
   • Helen Sharp (Death Becomes Her)
   • Madeline Ashton
   • Ernest Menville
   • Please Don't Hate Me
   • Madeline haunts the narrative
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Angst
   • Soft smut with feelings (just not for the person Helen’s having sex with)
   • Please walk with me
   • emotional cheating
   • The author would like you to trust the process
   • Ernest is man written by a woman

   Summary

   With her evening suddenly wide open, Helen turns to her computer. She types deep into the night. The trancelike state brings her back to intense journaling sessions she had when she was juggling her writing, acting gigs, the catering service, the never-ending disappointment brought by the two former, and the frustration born out of sharing a room with Madeline Ashton. Writing was her only lifeline.
   And Madeline. Always Madeline.
   Madeline haunts her.

   OR

   Helen and Ernest don't go to that fateful dinner with Madeline and get married on April 10th. Madeline haunts the narrative.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   24,005

   Chapters:

   6/6

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